Clearer picture of the full-court press to overturn Georgia's presidential election emerges with new pieces of the puzzle. Just 5 days after Jan. 6, GA's General Assembly would meet in regular session. That was the end game if Congress delayed Electoral College certification.
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Gov. Kemp had refused Trump supporters' demands to call a special session of the General Assembly. Attempts by Trump to get Secretary of State Raffensperger to 'find' 11,780 votes under threat of prosecution -- and previous cajoling from Sen. Lindsey Graham -- had failed.
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BJay Pak, US Attorney in Atlanta, abruptly resigned the Monday after Trump labeled his hand-picked federal prosecutor a 'never Trumper' on the call with Raffensperger. DOJ Inspector General now investigating if Pak was forced out for failing to support claims election fraud.
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NY Times detailed an attempt to remove the acting AG for refusing to send a letter to Georgia legislators. The draft letter falsely claimed that Justice was investigating election fraud, so GA would replace Biden electoral slate with Trump's electors.
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None of this would work unless the electoral vote certification could be delayed in Congress until Georgia's General Assembly session Jan. 11.
The Jan. 6 insurrection delayed it for hours. Giuliani called Tuberville during the siege asking him to "try to just slow it down."
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The Jan. 6 insurrection delayed it for hours. Giuliani called Tuberville during the siege asking him to "try to just slow it down."
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The mystery: why the extraordinary effort to overturn just Georgia so late in the game, when other battleground states would be needed to flip the Electoral College? Were there similar last-minute efforts in WI, MI, PA, AZ, NV yet to be revealed?
We're investigating all of it
The mystery: why the extraordinary effort to overturn just Georgia so late in the game, when other battleground states would be needed to flip the Electoral College? Were there similar last-minute efforts in WI, MI, PA, AZ, NV yet to be revealed?
We're investigating all of it